Desk or table.



W. B. GOGGER.

DESK OR TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED 11017.24, 191s.

Patented Dec. 22, 1914.

z iz'en oa' WILLIAM B. COGG-ER, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THEODOR 'KUNDTZ, 0F LAKEWOOD, OHIO.

DESK OR TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 22, 1914.

Application filed November 24, 1913. Serial No. 802,620.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM B. Cocsnn, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Cleveland,- in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Desks or Tables; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in desks or tables for readers, writers and draftsmen, and pertains more especially to a desk or table which comprises a standard provided at its upper end with a frame which lies on and is secured to the standard and affords support to a leaf forming the top of the desk or table and arranged over and hinged or pivotally connected to sa1d frame and adapted to be positioned or adjusted at different angles relative to said frame.

The object of this invention is to produce an exceedingly convenient and useful desk or table of the character indicated which is simple and durable in construction and not liable to get. out of order.

WVith this object in view, and to the end of attaining any other advantage herelnafter appearing, this invention consists in certain features of construction, and combinations and arrangement of parts, hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying draw- Tn said drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan of a desk or table embodying my 1nvention. Fig. 2 is a side view in central vertical section taken along the line 22, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side View, in central vertical section, of the upper portion of the desk or table, but in Fig. 3 the top-forming leaf of the desk or table is shown arranged at an angle to the hereinbefore mentioned frame, whereas Figs. 1 and 2 show said leaf lying on said frame. Fig. 3 is drawn on a larger scale than Figs. 1 and 2.

The desk or table illustrated in said drawings comprises a metal standard having a vertically arranged body A and a base a adapted to rest on and be rigidly secured if desired to a floor. Said standard is provided with a head 1 which has a somewhat slantingtop surface 5 forming a seat for a correspondingly slanting frame B which is composed preferably of wood and arranged over the aforesaid standard and mounted or lying on said seat. Said frame is rectangular and extends laterally of the standard in opposite directions and preferably slants or slopes somewhat from one to the other longitudinal edge of the frame, and the seat 5 of the standard correspondingly slopes toward the upper longitudinal edge of said frame, and 7 indicates the lower longitudinal edge of said frame. The frame B is provided, at its lower longitudinal edge 7, with a wooden bar C which has its lower portion covering said edge and is glued or otherwise secured to said frame at said edge. The bar C extends longitudinally of said edge and projects above said frame.

D indicates a wooden leaf which forms the top of my improved desk or table. The leaf D is rectangular and arranged over the frame B and extends from side to side of the desk or table and along and into close proximity to the bar C, and Figs. 1 and 2 show said leaf lying on said frame.

The frame B is provided with an opening 8 which extends over the head 1 of the standard and outwardly from the standard toward but is spaced from the bar C. The

opening 8 is rectangular and arranged longitudinally of and covered by the leaf D and extends from the upper side to the under side of the frame B. The opening 8 permits the application and operation of a brace or stay E hereinafter described.

The leaf D is shown attached to the frame B by two suitably applied hinges cl which are spaced longitudinally of the opening 8 and leaf D and arranged in proximity to but spaced from the bar C, and said hinges have their axes arranged horizontally and longitudinally of said leaf. The leaf D'has its upper side arranged to be flush with the top surface of the bar 0 when the leaf is in position lying on the frame B as shown in Fig. 2.

The under side or bottom of the leaf D has its portion which is arranged between the bar O and the hinges (Z beveled, as at 10, so that said portion of said bottom slopes upwardly toward said bar when the leaf lies on the frame B as shown in Fig. 2, and permits positioning or adjustment of said leaf at an angle to said frame as shown in Fig. 3. The bar C has the inner surface 12 of its portion which is arranged or projects above the frame B curved and arranged concentrically relative to the axis of the leaf D so that said leaf is arranged in close proximity to said surface in any position of the leaf relative to the frame. Said surface 12 forms a ledge arranged opposite and in close proximity to and extending along the adjacent or. lower longitudinal edge of the leaf D, and by the construction hereinbefore described it will be observed that said leaf is pivotally connected to the frame B and has its axis arranged horizontally and longitudinally of the leaf D and in proximity to said edge, and that said leaf has its portion which is arranged between said edge and said axis contoured as required to permit the leaf not only to lie on the frame B as shown in Fig. 2, but be actuated from the position shown in Fig. 2 into the position shown in Fig. 8, and permit positioning or adjustment of said leaf at different angles to the frame B, and ob viously the leaf 12, when the leaf D is arranged at an angle to the frame B, serves as a rest for a book, drawing-board or object which may be placed on said leaf.

' Means for holding the leaf D in position at any one of said angles to the frame B are provided and comprise preferably the hereinbefore mentioned brace or stay E which extends through the opening 8 in said frame and is pivoted at its upper end, as at e, to a bracket 1a arranged at the under side of and secured to the leaf. The stay E is therefore pivotally connected to the leaf D and is arranged to swing'in a vertical plane from and toward the standard and has its axis parallel with the axis of said leaf. The stay E is provided with vertically spaced downwardly facing shoulders 15 which extend from side to side of-the stay, and the relative arrangement of the parts is such that when the leaf D is arranged at any one of the aforesaid angles to the frame B one of said shoulders is arranged to rest on the adjacent portion of the head l of the standard. The stay illustrated is provided with three downwardly facing shoulders 15, and in solid lines, Fig. 3, the stay is shown resting at its lowermost downwardly facing shoulder 15 on the seat 5. The stay E is also provided with an upwardly facing shoulderlfi spaced downwardly from the lowermost downwardly facing shoulder 15 and arranged opposite and in proximity to but spaced from the under side of the head 4 of the standard when the stay is in the position in which the stay rests at its lowermost downwardly facing shoulder on said head and adapted to cooperate with said side of said head in forming a stop for limiting movement of said leaf in actuating the leaf from the position shown in Fig. 2 into the position shown in Fig. 3 and thereby preventing straining of the hinges d, and the beveled portion 10 of the bottom of the leaf is spaced far enough from the frame B in last-mentioned axis and also upwardly toward the leaf D and coiiperating with the bottom of said leaf in limiting movement of the stay in swinging the stayfrom the standard, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 3. Said arm 17 is provided with a downwardly proj ecting handle-forming member 18 and constitutes a poise or weight which, when the leaf D is arranged at one of the desired angles to the frame B, acts to retain the stay in an operative position in which an upwardly facing shoulder 15 of the stay rests on the head of the standard as shown in solid lines, Fig. 3.

The relative arrangement of the parts is such that the stay E, upon swinging it against the action of the weight 17 until said weight strikes against the bottom of the leaf D, as shown in dotted lines,'Fig. 3, is in an inoperative position in which the stayis out of engagement With the head 4: of the stand ard, and the leaf D, when the stay has been rendered inoperative, as shown in dotted lines Fig. 3, is free to be readjusted relative to the frame B.

That I claim is 1. In a desk or table, a standard having a head, a frame lying on and secured to said head and being provided with an opening which extends over and outwardly from said head and from the upper side to the under side of the frame, a leaf arranged over and pivotally connected to said frame and having its axis arranged horizontally, said leaf being adapted to be positioned at diflerent angles to said frame, and a brace or stay pivotally connected to said leaf and extending through the aforesaid opening and arranged to swing from and toward the stand ard, which stay is provided with vertically spaced downwardly facing shoulders one of which is arranged to rest on the aforesaid head whensaid leaf is'arranged at one of the aforesaid angles to said frame, said stay having an arm arranged between the axis of the stay and the axis of said leaf and projecting outwardly in the direction of the last-mentioned axis and upwardly toward said leaf and adapted tocooperate with the bottom of said leaf in limiting movement of the stay during the actuation of the stay into an. inoperative position, said arm having a downwardly projecting handleforming member. 7

2. In a desk or table, a standard having a head which has a slanting top'surface, a correspondingly slanting wooden frame lying on and secured to said head and provided at its lower edge with a wooden bar which extends longitudinally of and projects above said edge, a leaf arranged over and pivotally connected to said frame and having its axis arranged horizontally and in proximity to but spaced from said bar, said leaf being adapted to be positioned at different angles to said frame, and a brace or stay pivotally connected to said leaf and adapted to support said leaf from the aforesaid head when said leaf is arranged at one of said angles to said frame,the under side of the leaf hav ing its portion which is arranged between the aforesaid bar and the axis of the leaf sloping upwardly toward said bar when the leaf lies on the frame, and the leaf being arranged in close proximity to the inner surface of the upper portion of said bar in any position of the leaf.

3. In a desk or table, a standard having a head which has a slanting top surface, a correspondingly slanting frame lying on and secured to said head and provided at its lower edge with a bar which extends longitudinally of and projects above said edge and has its lower portion covering said edge, a leaf arranged over and pivotally connected to said frame and having its axis arranged horizontally and in proximity to but spaced from said bar, said leaf being adapted to be positioned at different angles to said frame, and a brace or stay pivotally connected to said leaf and adapted to support said leaf from the aforesaid head when said leaf is arranged at one of said angles to said frame, said leaf extending into close proximity to the inner surface of the upper portion of the aforesaid bar in any position of the leaf and having its upper side flush with the top surface of said bar when the leaf is in position lying on the aforesaid frame.

In testimony whereof, I sign the foregoing specification, in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM B. COGGER. Witnesses B. C. BROWN, VICTOR C. LYNCH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Wuhington, IMO." 

